To the millions of men and women who came from every country of the world and who -- with their own hands, their intelligence, and their hearts -- built the greatest nation in the world, America did not say, "Come, and everything will be given to you." Rather, she said, "Come, and the only limits to what you will be able to achieve will be those of your own courage, your boldness, and your talent.

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To the millions of men and women who came from every country of the world and who -- with their own hands, their intelligence, and their hearts -- built the greatest nation in the world, America did not say, "Come, and everything will be given to you." Rather, she said, "Come, and the only limits to what you will be able to achieve will be those of your own courage, your boldness, and your talent.

Most of the poll looks to be good news for Bush. The battleground shows Kerry up 11, but their battleground numbers seem to jump around a lot, small number in them I assume, large MOE. I got a good laugh out of question in the pdf of the poll, the one that asks about the olympic sports. lol.

Overall, in most of the polls I've seen in the last week, Bush is looking better and better. It's still tight, but rolling nicely into the RNC. If he has a nice convention, he could come out sitting pretty.

Anyone who says they are undecided they then ask "Are you leaning more toward Bush or more toward Kerry?"

This tends to be very soft support for a candiadate which is why OD prefers not to push. This is partly why Kerry has underperformed a bit in the FOX/OD poll. His support tends to be softer in poll after poll.

I thought that Fox News was a partisan GOP hack firm that always slanted their results towards Bush.

Did I miss something.....................

(Actually, as I posted before, Fox has a loose voter screen which is marginally Dem friendly... but why let actual facts get in the way of a good rant )

And I thought LA Times was a partisan Dem hack firm that always slanted their results toward Kerry...actually they are a news organization looking to create news stories, which isn't particularly adept at running an accurate poll...but why let actual facts get in the way of a good rant

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"The most important thing to remember is, no matter what anybody tells you, it is never, ever unpatriotic or un-American to question anything in a democracy"

I'd like to see their breakout (demographically) of self-identified Democrats.

The Democrat split is unrealistic.

No Republican party Presidential nominee since World War II has received less than 12% of the vote from self-identified Democrats, and no Democrat Presidential nominee in the same period has received more than 87%.

And I thought LA Times was a partisan Dem hack firm that always slanted their results toward Kerry...actually they are a news organization looking to create news stories, which isn't particularly adept at running an accurate poll...but why let actual facts get in the way of a good rant

Point to elcorazon...

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I think Bush will get a modest boost (similar to Kerry’s, perhaps a little less) after the RNC convention with the likes of McCain and Arnie speaking it should look very good for the Republicans, the protest may in fact help Bush, at the same time they may not… over all I think Bush will get a modest boost that will have evaporated within a week and we’ll be back to Bush and Kerry on evens until the debates when a lot people will finally make their minds up… at that point I think that it will be more likely that Kerry would lose it than Bush would win it, If Kerry can perform to the level he did against Bill Weld in 96 he will win, if he performs like he did in a number of the democratic debates he will lose with voters who are disillusioned with Bush but not sold on Kerry staying home, if he does well they will come out and vote for him… I still think this will come down to the wire, I don’t see Bush or Kerry opening up a clear lead any time soon.